More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from coronavirus, group says

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03 June, 2020, 07:35 pm
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 It “implores" governments to act to protect their health and save lives
FILE PHOTO: A nurse, wearing protective gear and face mask, checks the temperature of a patient at the post Covid-19 unit of the Clinique Breteche private hospital in Nantes during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in France, April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from Covid-19, and more than 230,000 health care workers have contracted the virus, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said Wednesday in a statement.

The ICN represents more than 130 national nursing associations with 20 million members globally, and "has been highlighting the lack of systematic data on Covid-19 infection rates of healthcare workers (HCWs) and related deaths of nurses," an ICN spokesman said, reports the CNN.

 It "implores" governments to act to protect their health and save lives.

"Without this data we do not know the true cost of Covid-19, and that will make us less able to tackle other pandemics in the future," ICN CEO Howard Catton added in the statement.

The ICN report is based on data from national nursing associations, official figures and media reports from a limited number of countries.

 

 

 

 

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